If you have a tiny apartment kitchen you may not have enough counter space to keep a full-sized dish drying rack. With today's tip you can mount a vertical drying rack on the wall next to your sink using Ikea components.

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Ikea modifications weblog Ikea Hackers builds the vertical drying rack starting with a Bygel rail. After that is mounted to the wall you can hang two Bygel wire baskets from the rail and, using s-hooks, hang a Magasin cutlery caddy. With this project you'll have room to immediately wash and dry your dishes after a meal. The creator was originally worried about pools of dripping water, but keeping a towel underneath the rack with take care of that. It won't fit a lot of large dinner plates, but is great for routine cereal bowls, cups, small plates, etc.

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